title: [Limited operation for lung cancer: wedge resection using stapling device].
abstract: We employed wedge resection using stapling device for peripheral, clinical stage I lung carcinoma in selected poor-risk patients. Out of 10 patients, four developed local recurrence and one had the second primary in the same lobe resected. Compared with patients having lobectomy with 91% of a recurrence free rate in three years, those who underwent wedge resection had the lower rate of 53%. We conclude that wedge resection using stapling device cannot be an acceptable procedure even for poor-risk patients.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Otani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamiyoshihara
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morishita
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D013528:Surgical Staplers